3.1.3 Checking the System Board Status
3.1.3 Checking the System Board Status
Use the showboards command to display the status of a system board's assignment (PSB<BB>) to a physical partition.
Before performing physical partition dynamic reconfiguration operations, use the showboards command as follows: check the status of a PSB (BB) to confirm that a dynamic reconfiguration operation can be performed on it, check the number of the physical partition to which the PSB (BB) belongs, etc. Also use this command to check the PSB (BB) status after the dynamic reconfiguration operation.
Before performing physical partition dynamic reconfiguration operations, use the showboards command as follows: check the status of a PSB (BB) to confirm that a dynamic reconfiguration operation can be performed on it, check the number of the physical partition to which the PSB (BB) belongs, etc. Also use this command to check the PSB (BB) status after the dynamic reconfiguration operation.
Note - A user account that has any of the following privileges can execute the showboards command: platadm, platop, fieldeng, pparadm, pparmgr, pparop |
XSCF> showboards [-v] -a [-c sp] XSCF> showboards [-v] -p ppar_id [-c sp] XSCF> showboards [-v] psb |
Note - The showboards command is effective only for a BB configuration. |
- -v option
This option displays detailed information. Specify this option to check the status of a reservation to add or delete a PSB (BB). - -a option
This option displays information on all the physical partitions. - -c sp option
This option displays only the PSBs (BBs) in the system board pool state. The system board pool state is a state where the system board does not belong to any physical partition. - -p ppar_id option
Specify a physical partition number. This option displays information on the specified physical partition. - psb
Specify a PSB (BB) number.
Table 3-5 lists the display items of the showboards command.
Display Item | Description | Meaning |
---|---|---|
PSB | xx-y (xx: Integer from 00 to 15; y: Fixed at 0) |
Physical system board (PSB) number that represents one building block (BB) (where xx is the BB-ID) |
R (*1) | * | The state where the PSB (BB) is either incorporated into the current physical partition configuration or it is released and the configuration changes when the physical partition restarts |
PPAR-ID | Integer from 0 to 15 | Number of the physical partition to which the PSB (BB) is assigned |
SP | PSB (BB) in the system board pool state | |
Other | State where physical partition configuration information is set for a physical partition having user privileges and the system board belongs to a physical partition having no user privilege | |
LSB | Integer from 00 to 15 | Logical system board number used by the physical partition |
Assignment (State of being assigned to PPAR) |
Unavailable | PSB (BB) that is not assigned to a physical partition and is in any of following states (including the state where the PSB (BB) is not mounted): system board pool, undiagnosed, diagnosis in progress, abnormal diagnosis |
Available | PSB (BB) in the system board pool state, with a diagnosis ended normally | |
Assigned | PSB (BB) assigned | |
Pwr (Power-on state of system board) |
n | Power-off state |
y | Power-on state | |
Conn (Incorporated state in PPAR configuration) |
n | The state where the PSB (BB) is released from the physical partition configuration |
y | The state where the PSB (BB) is incorporated into the physical partition configuration | |
Conf (Running state in Oracle Solaris) |
n | The state where the PSB (BB) is not operating with Oracle Solaris |
y | The state where the PSB (BB) is operating with Oracle Solaris | |
Test (Diagnosis state) |
Unmount | Unmounted or undefined state |
Unknown |
Undiagnosed state | |
Testing |
Diagnosis in progress | |
Passed |
State of normal end of diagnosis | |
Failed | The state where a diagnosis has detected an abnormality, and the PSB (BB) is not operating | |
Fault (Degraded state) |
Normal | Normal state |
Degraded | The state where there is a degraded part (the PSB (BB) can operate) | |
Faulted | State where the PSB (BB) cannot operate because of an abnormality or cannot be managed because of a communication failure | |
*1 This item is displayed only if the -v option is specified. |
In the following example, the showboards command is executed to display the assignment states of all PSBs (BBs) in all the physical partitions. PSBs displayed with "SP" under the [PPAR-ID] column are in the system board pool state. The system board pool state is a state where the PSB does not belong to any physical partition.
XSCF> showboards -a PSB PPAR-ID(LSB) Assignment Pwr Conn Conf Test Fault ---- ------------ ----------- ---- ---- ---- ------- -------- 00-0 00(00) Assigned y y y Passed Normal 01-0 00(01) Assigned y y y Passed Normal 02-0 SP Available n n n Passed Normal 03-0 SP Available n n n Passed Normal |
To display the status of a reservation to add or delete a PSB, specify the -v option. The following example displays detailed information on all the mounted PSBs.
XSCF> showboards -v -a PSB R PPAR-ID(LSB) Assignment Pwr Conn Conf Test Fault ---- - ------------ ----------- ---- ---- ---- ------- -------- 00-0 * 00(00) Assigned y y y Passed Normal 01-0 SP Unavailable n n n Testing Normal 02-0 Other Assigned y y n Passed Degraded 03-0 SP Unavailable n n n Failed Faulted |
"*" displayed under the [R] column represents the reserved state. In the above example, you can see that PSB 00-0 is reserved for deletion, since it is in the assigned state.
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